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Greetings - Welcome to our firm's Blog! Curious to learn more about topics of interest in regards to Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning/Asset Protection and other elder law matters in general? Be sure to check out our online blog! 

To see a listing of our website blog articles tagged and sorted by their own specific topics,  just click on their corresponding 'Blog Categories' links below, located directly under the 'Contact Us Today' field on the lower right of this page. (If viewing this on a desktop or laptop computer.)

Prefer to listen to podcasts on the go instead? Our newest media offering from the firm is an ongoing podcast put out by Robert and Cricket Haley, called 'Aging Intelligently'. 

Welcome to Aging Intelligently, where we walk with you down the path of getting older and together, climb those obstacles that seem insurmountable. Information and preparation can change your perception of aging. To learn more, we invite you to also check out our Aging Intelligently website, located here.

Certified Elder Law Attorney®, Robert W. Haley, and his wife, Cricket, a Certified Elder Care Manager, share their journey from fat to fabulous. They discuss their research, personal experience and interview other experts in the fields of Elder Law, Care Management, Finance, Nutrition, Fitness, and even Travel, so you too, can be holistically well and secure wherever life's path may lead.

*This podcast is accessible through many applications, including Apple, Spotify, Anchor, Breaker and Google podcasts. Subscribes Welcome! 

Blog Articles

Aging Intelligently Podcast Out Now: Estate Planning Disasters Part. 1

Robert and Cricket begin a countdown of 10 celebrity estate planning mistakes that can happen to anyone who hasn't properly planned for their death. While things might make perfect sense to us and our family, what the law requires is often different, and preparing your estate plan is often misunderstood or completely ignored. In this […]
11/17/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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What Do I Need to ‘Age in Place’?

As they get older, many — even most — Americans prefer to remain in their own homes as long as they can, AKA “age in place.” However, to do that, many will need to make their residences safer and easier to navigate, by making home modifications.
10/28/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Medicare Plan Options In Virginia

We assist many of our clients and their families everyday with protecting their hard-earned savings and assets through proper Asset Protection/Medicaid Planning. Often, there is some confusion on what Medicaid is compared to Medicare, as they are not the same!  The similarity here is that they are both government programs designed to help Americans afford health care.  Medicaid is available if you meet your […]
10/26/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Aging Intelligently Podcast Out Now: Our Haunted Home

In honor of Halloween, Robert and Cricket discuss some of the many paranormal experiences they and their friends have had in their haunted house. Lovingly named Ithaca Estate, built in approximately 1930, unexplained activity and disembodied voices started the first night they stayed in the home 16 years ago. Welcome to Aging Intelligently, where we […]
10/16/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Aging Intelligently Podcast Out Now: The Perils of DIY Asset Protection

Asset Protection is a technique that is used to save your life's earnings from being spent down when a person needs to enter long-term care in a nursing home. This is our specialty and often people come to us for help after attempting to protect assets on their own. Needless to say, this isn't often […]
10/10/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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October is Special Needs Law Month!

October is Special Needs Law Month! If you currently provide care for a child or loved one with special needs (such as mental or physical disabilities), you must have contemplated with concern about what may happen to them when you are no longer able to provide and care for them: We can help! Book a […]
10/06/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Aging Intelligently Podcast Out Now: Supplements for Anti-Aging

Organics, Vitamins, Amino Acids, Creatine.... it can all be confusing. In this episode, Robert and Cricket discuss the supplements they use to help them be strong, well, and healthy as they get older and what they specifically used to fight against illnesses they had been diagnosed with and successfully mitigated with nutrition. Welcome to Aging […]
09/25/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Aging Intelligently Podcast Out Now: Probate Horror Stories

Have you been told you don’t need a Will? In this episode we discuss a few of the serious issues that can arise from poor planning or when you don’t have a Last Will & Testament. Welcome to Aging Intelligently, where we walk with you down the path of getting older and together, climb those […]
09/10/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Fall Prevention For Seniors

In an average year, 3 million older Americans go to the ER after a fall. Studies show that 28.7% of older adults fall every year in the U.S. Given today’s population, that’s about 36 million total falls. In an average year, 3 million older Americans go to the emergency room after a fall. This is why fall prevention […]
09/09/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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Unprecedented Changes Under President Biden Proposed To Gift And Estate Tax Laws

Have you checked in with your estate planning attorney lately? Current estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions and tax rates may be affected if new tax legislation passes. For example, President Biden’s American Families Plan would eliminate the 'step-up' in basis upon death. These are unprecedented gift and estate tax law changes. The proposed 'For the […]
09/09/21 • by: The Estate & Elder Law Center of Southside Virginia, PLLC
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